Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-4.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows steady with two weeks ago.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,829	92.02	1,683	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	65.35	1,014	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	63.44	804	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	50.33	509	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,243	117.58	1,461	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,204	121.54	1,463	9thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,908	95.19/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,816	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,204	121.54/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,463	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,120	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,338	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	65.11/cwt	61.50–67.50	805	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	65.47/cwt	62.50–67.50	995	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	57.95/cwt	53.75–62.50	629	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	50.07/cwt	45.50–53.50	497	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	58.94/cwt	55.00–62.50	832	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	37.01/cwt	20.00–44.50	337	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	68.29/cwt	67.50–68.50	899	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	64.87/cwt	64.00–65.50	706	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,722	70.66/cwt	68.50–73.00	1,217	7
Bulls	—	—	1,355	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	989	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,365	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,579	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	58.33/cwt	54.00–61.50	743	8

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon May 17, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 147Last week 56Year ago 175

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-4.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows steady with two weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,908	90.00–98.00	95.19
1	—	1,355	73.00	73.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,204	121.00–122.00	121.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	119.50	119.50
3	—	1,365	115.00–116.00	115.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,237	61.50–67.50	65.11
5	—	1,317	67.50–68.50	68.29
8	—	1,273	54.00–61.50	58.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,520	62.50–67.50	65.47
6	—	1,412	55.00–62.50	58.94
7	—	1,722	68.50–73.00	70.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,085	53.75–62.50	57.95
7	—	993	45.50–53.50	50.07
10	—	910	20.00–44.50	37.01
3	—	1,088	64.00–65.50	64.87

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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